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An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. '\
l' Illlll'l'l ll'! l Photographed by I). Treshapm, Esq. RAJA gOF A,,Yv.
An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. '\
l' Illlll'l'l ll'! l Photographed by I). Treshapm, Esq. RAJA gOF A,,Yv.
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An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. l
Photographed by I). Treshapm, Esq. RAJA gOF A,,Yv TEMPLE, THE SACRED
CITY OF THE HINDUS: AN ACCOUNT OF BENARES.
An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. l
Photographed by I). Treshapm, Esq. RAJA gOF A,,Yv TEMPLE, THE SACRED
CITY OF THE HINDUS: AN ACCOUNT OF BENARES.
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Image of Mahzikal, or Great Fate.-—The Manikarnikzi Well and Ghat.—Legends
respecting the Well.— Temple of Tarakes'war.-Sindhia Ghat, and the Raja of
Nagpore's Ghat-Temple of Briddhkal.—Shrines of Markandes'war and Dakshes'
war.
Image of Mahzikal, or Great Fate.-—The Manikarnikzi Well and Ghat.—Legends
respecting the Well.— Temple of Tarakes'war.-Sindhia Ghat, and the Raja of
Nagpore's Ghat-Temple of Briddhkal.—Shrines of Markandes'war and Dakshes'
war.
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—The god Ashtang-BhairoTemple of Dhruves'war or the Pole Star . . . . . . . . 123
CHAPTER X. The Man-Mandil Chat-Temple of Dalbhyes'war.-Temp1e of the
Moon or Somes'war.-The Man-Mandil Observatory, erected by Raja Jay Sinh.
—The god Ashtang-BhairoTemple of Dhruves'war or the Pole Star . . . . . . . . 123
CHAPTER X. The Man-Mandil Chat-Temple of Dalbhyes'war.-Temp1e of the
Moon or Somes'war.-The Man-Mandil Observatory, erected by Raja Jay Sinh.
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Raja , Cheit Singh's Tank-Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rz'imnagar side of Beuares.
—Temple of Vedavyas.—Panch-kosi Road, or Sacred Boundary of Benares.—
Pilgrimage of the Panch-kosi. —San.itary condition of Renaws-Improvements ...
Raja , Cheit Singh's Tank-Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rz'imnagar side of Beuares.
—Temple of Vedavyas.—Panch-kosi Road, or Sacred Boundary of Benares.—
Pilgrimage of the Panch-kosi. —San.itary condition of Renaws-Improvements ...
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitz-Edward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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